All About Poody

For those of you who have not had the privilege of meeting Poody, here is your chance to get to know her a little better. She is my family's cat but I claim her as mine. Lance was kind enough to let me take her to Minnesota for company. She has quite the personality. Here are some photos documenting how she spent her time while in Minnesota. We had to take her back to Washington since we moved to a new apartment to make room for baby. We hope to get Poody back after graduation next year!

 This is how Poody tells you it's time for bed. "No more homework, Lance."

 Helping Lance with his homework. "You need a shoulder massage?"

 Studying scriptures with me. "This sure is a long chapter."

 Getting ready for bed. "I warmed up your spot, Robin."

 Greet our friends. "I'm so glad you finally had the chance to meet me."

 Helping Lance prepare for a test. "Wrong, try again."

 Getting a bath. "Let me out!"

 Eating grass. "Do we have any ranch dressing?"

 Guarding the apartment. "Don't even think about it!"

 Helping us recycle. "Is this for me?"

 Climbing trees. "I'm not sure about this..."

 Enjoying the sunshine. "Finally!"

 Taking "cat" naps. "ZzZzZz."

 Doing her crunches. "...9...10!"

 More "cat" naps.

Spying on our neighbors. "Can we go back inside now?"

Minnesota Year 1

Since Lance and I have been married we have lived in 3 places. That's one more place than years we have been married! With Lance's schooling we have had the opportunity to live/travel to other parts of the United States which has been a great experience! August 2012 we set out to Minnesota for Lance to go to the University of Minnesota for graduate school. Leo and Julie were kind enough to drive the UHAUL for us this time! They were a HUGE help! We couldn't have done it without them! And guess who else came along with us?

 POODY!!! We love her very much!

 After 24 hours...we arrived!

I promise I didn't sleep the entire time!

Leo and Julie took us to a Twins game! We had an awesome view!

We visited the sculpture garden. The conservatory was my favorite!

A view of Minneapolis from one of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes!

Minnesota State Fair!! It was so fun! I can't wait to go again. It's HUGE!

Now we can say we have been to the Mall of America! I'm an Avatar fan...and I'm proud of it!

We got a not so warm Minnesota winter welcome. This is the only picture I took of the madness that lasted until May. We hope that Next winter will be kinder to us!

We got to go back to Pullman for Christmas! There is no place like home :-)

We found out we were expecting a little someone November, 3 2013!!

This is our VERY good friend, Brittany! We love her! She got baptized in December and she has blossomed! She is going to law school. We are so blessed to have her as our friend :-) This picture was taken in April. Still very brown. Next month we left for North Carolina for Lance's residency at UNC. Before I post pictures of that trip I think Poody deserves a post all about her adventures in Minnesota! Stay tuned!

IT'S A GIRL!

Lance and I had an ultrasound today and found out we are having a girl! Whenever I would dream about our baby it was always a girl so I predicted that was what we were having and I was right! Pretty cool.

Due November, 3 2013

Rexburg

Two days after tying the knot we packed our UHAUL and drove to Rexburg, ID. We lived there for just over a year while Lance finished his undergraduate degree at BYU-IDAHO. This was a great place to transition into married life. We had a great time.

Our first apartment as a married couple!

Udy reunion in Island Park, it was a little wet!

For our one month anniversary as a married couple I took Lance to feed the bear cubs at Yellowstone Bear World!

Rock climbing and miniature golfing with our friends Jared and Jo Mills!

We celebrated Lance's Mission President's homecoming with Clark and Tyson!

First camping trip

Hiking near Jackson Wyoming

We saw a drive-in movie. We had fun once we figured out which station to tune into!

Our first Christmas tree!

Hiking at the Menan Buttes

On our way to Roche Harbor for Casey and Jake's wedding! We miss Washington!

The newlyweds! What an amazing venue!

Happy one year anniversary! We stayed at a cute cabin in Island Park and went hiking! It wasn't the beach vacation I had in mind but it was still nice!

Happy 4th of July! We had fun with our friends at the Melaleuca Freedom Celebration!

We made a trip down to Utah to see LeAnn, Ammon, and the kids. We went to the zoo!

Happy graduation Lance! He was accepted into the University of Minnesota's Healthcare Administration program! He also was asked to give the opening prayer at graduation. What a privilege! I am so proud of him! We said our goodbyes to good ol' Rexburg the next day. We were ready for our next adventure in Minnesota. However, Rexburg will always hold a special place in our hearts.

After leaving Rexburg we went home for two weeks before moving out to Minnesota. I love camping at Dworshak! It is so pristine!

Lance caught a beautiful trout! He was nice enough to share it with us, YUM!

Hiking at Dworshak

There were a lot more pictures of our time in Rexburg but I am anxious to get to the present! Next up will be our first year in Minnesota!